Car-coupling



(No Model.)

' G. WOODRING.

GAR COUPLING.

110.257.5301. V Patented MayQ, 1882.

WITNESSES: I INVENTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

N, FETERS. Phulo-L'nhogrlphu. Walhingtflrh D. C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GIDEON WOODRING, OF DU BOIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,801, dated May 9, 1882.

Application filed March 9, 1882. (No model.)

to Figure lis a plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the link.

My invention relates to improvements in oar-couplings; and it consists of a draw-head provided with a. slot extending crosswise 1 5 through its vertical sides for the insertion from either side of the car of an angular or double link, composed of two links at right angles to each other, with a hole for the passage of the couplingpin in the link near its angle, the coupling-pin passing also through elongated slots in the top and bottom faces of the drawhead, whereby either of the double links can be employed from either side of the car as a handle to introduce the double link into the 2 5 draw-heads and couple the cars, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, a represents a draw-head provided with a horizontal slot, 1), extending crosswise through the draw-head c and its vertical sides. 0 0 represent slots formed in the upper and lower faces of the draw-head,nearits forward end,for the passage of the coupling-pin d,which passes 'also through a hole, 6, made in the angular or double link. h, near the junction of its arms. The double 5 link It is composed of a right-angular bar having a slot or link, m, formed in each of its arms a.

By this construction either arm may be employed as a handle to introduce the double 4.0

link into the draw-head, and the double link maybe introduced from either side of the car without danger of injury to a person, and time is savedin coupling over the ordinary methods.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to 5 secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The double link h, composed of a right-angular bar provided with the hole 0 near its angle and links m at right angles to each other, substantially as described. 50

2. The combination, with the double link h, constructed as set forth, of the draw-head a,

provided with a horizontal slot, 1), extending GIDEON WOODRING.

Witnesses:

A. W. VAN HOUTEN, S. H. VANHAUTES. 

